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From French to Swedish, you can choose from evening, daytime or weekend language classes with our experienced and friendly tutors. We also offer early morning sessions and intensive courses to help you learn a language at a time and in a way that suits you best. In many languages you can take an accredited course, with national and international qualifications.
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Courses available both in-person and online
At City Lit, you can choose to study in-person or online. Our fantastic in-person courses are taught in our attractive campus, located in the heart of Covent Garden, central London. Here, our students can benefit from a variety of services and resources, including our café and state-of-the art equipment.
Our online courses are tailored to give you a social and interactive online learning experience, allowing you freedom to study from anywhere and with like-minded fellow classmates from all over the country without the need to travel. Use the Location filters on this page to choose your preferred learning method. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.
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238 courses available
- City Lit Silver Sunday: Modern Greek language taster
Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every autumn. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s City Lit Silver Sunday will be taking place on Sunday 13th September, and we'll be offering a diverse selection of workshops and tasters.
This day is aimed specifically at ‘older people’ but everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important of this event
Keeley Street
Sun 13 Sep 2026Maria ContosFull fee £0.00 - City Lit Silver Sunday: Swedish language taster
Age UK’s Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every year in October. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s Silver Sunday will be taking place on 13th September and City Lit will join in the activities by offering a diverse selection of workshops.
This taster session is aimed specifically to older people but everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important part of this day.Keeley Street
Sun 13 Sep 2026Jack Pulman-SlaterFull fee £0.00 
Spanish 2 lower tasterCome and discover what an elementary Spanish class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for 1 year recently.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00- Spanish 3: Jump into year 3 upper
This intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3-4 years in the past and would like to join our Spanish 3 upper courses. You will review any language points necessary to join the level 3 upper in this one-week revision course and feel ready for Spanish 3 upper: module 1 starting in September.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Natalia Fajardo IlajaFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Brazilian Portuguese beginners: tasterGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
- Spanish 2: jump into year 2 upper
This intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for 2 years in the past and would like to join one of our Spanish 2 upper courses. You will review any language points necessary to join one of our main provision courses in this one-week revision course and you will feel ready for Spanish 2 upper: module 1 starting in the new term.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Diego IudicissaFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Spanish beginners: taster
Get a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure in this lively taster course. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fun introduction for complete beginners.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Italian tasterGet a flavour of this beautiful language and begin to discover how it works. Learn some useful phrases and pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and a chance to decide if learning Italian is something you might like to take further.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
- Spanish 3: jump into year 3 lower
This intensive course is suitable if you have studied Spanish for about 3 years in the past and would like to join our Spanish 3 lower courses. You will review any language points necessary to join the level 3 lower in this one-week revision course and feel ready for Spanish 3 lower: module 1 starting the following term.
Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026Natalia Fajardo IlajaFull fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Modern Greek beginners tasterCome and discover Modern Greek in this lively taster.
Choose an in-person session in Covent Garden or a live online taster.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Russian beginners tasterCome and discover Russian in this lively taster.
Keeley Street
Tue 15 Sep 2026Altannavch MurrayFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - French 3 upper: tasterCome and discover what an upper intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 4-5 years recently or have done an A-level some time ago.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Modern Greek 3 upper: module 1
Improve your intermediate Greek on this practical course and choose either in-person classes in central London or live online classes. The emphasis is on listening and speaking, and on extending your reading and writing skills. Suitable if you have completed Modern Greek 3 lower or equivalent (4 years of Greek).
Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - French 2 upper: tasterCome and discover what a lower intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 2-3 years recently or have done a GCSE some time ago.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Brazilian Portuguese 2 upper: taster
Come and discover what an elementary Brazilian Portuguese class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied Portuguese for about 2 years recently.Keeley Street
Wed 16 Sep 2026Isabel Dos SantosFull fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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